“When the apostle Paul, with great wonder, asks, ‘Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become his counselor?’ (Rom. 11:34), he is not expecting an upstart in the back row to raise his hand” (Back to Basics, p. 8).
Doll Babe
“It is quite false that Puritan women were porcelain doll figures. They were women, created in the image of God, designed by Him to complement the men. But if we flip this around, we do find that young girls today are encouraged to become Barbie dolls. And so they do, growing up to acquire their …
Conflicted Feminism
“Our feminist culture today hates women, despises them . . . The sexual revolution was a revolution of promiscuous males, for promiscuous males, and by promiscuous males” (Beyond Stateliest Marble, p. 237).
A Different Debate Entirely
“The debate between the forces of egalitarianism and those who embrace the biblical order is not a debate between those who want to paint something blue and those who want to paint it red. Rather it is a debate between those who want to let water run downhill and those who want to sweep it …
With the Lab Techs Going Bwa Ha Ha
“We live in a time of great sexual confusion. In our public life, we now have heteroseexuals, homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, and those numbered among the transgendered. No doubt work in a laboratory somewhere is trying to come up with a few new options for us” (Beyond Stateliest Marble, p. 235).
In the Thicket of Bad Poetry, We Need a Machete
“We have to recover the older standards for writing poetry, and if we have the slightest inclination, we should encourage it as much as we can . . . The first stuff we write will probably not be very good, but we should laugh at it and keep going. We are laboring for the kingdom” …
Conservative Capitulation
“In our modern world, the more conservative in theology a particular church or denomination is, the less likely they are to love poetry. Many conservative believers and defenders of the faith have sought to do their work through doctrinal engineering and theological abstractions. This has resulted in a truncated form of the faith — which …
Pious Worry Sessions
“We tend to want our hearts and minds to protect the peace of God within us. Paul actually reverses this and says that the peace of God protects our hearts and minds. But this does not happen simply because we present our petitions to God. It is quite possible to be anxious on our knees. …
Teaspoons and Waterfalls
“We cannot begin to thank God for all His mercies toward us. We are unaware of the vast majority of them — for instance, your liver at this moment is doing a number of things to keep you alive. Each of us, every day, is standing under a Niagara of blessings, and when we ‘give …
Complex, Not Inscrutable
“God has built predictability into the world — every covenant comes with blessings and curses. We are encouraged to look at how we fare in order to understand whether we are living under the blessing of God. At the same time, our analysis of such things must not be wooden. We must be balanced and …